10-year-old injects enthusiasm Nov 1, 2009
He's also the last three-time champion, capturing three in a row after Bill Rodgers won the previous four. From the Sunday, November 01, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Brazil's Gomes seeks 3rd NYC Marathon title Nov 1, 2009
He's also the last three-time champion, capturing three in a row after Bill Rodgers won the previous four. Gomes could join them. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Fitness: Marathon gripe session Oct 29, 2009
Most of them fall well short of the Bill Rodgers ideal: In 1980, the median finishing time for male runners in US marathons was 3 hours, 32 minutes, and 17 seconds, or about 8 minutes a mile. By 2008, the median finishing time had risen to 4 hours and 16 minutes. (Boston Globe)
Easy sledding for Pyeongchang in bid for ’18 Winter Olympics? Oct 28, 2009
To mark the 40th running of the race, the New York Road Runners have named the top marathoners from each decade: Bill Rodgers and Miki Gorman from the 70s, Salazar and Grete Waitz from the 80s, German Silva and Tegla Loroupe from the 90s, and Gomes and Radcliffe from the 2000s. Rodgers, who last competed in the Apple in 1988, and old friend Frank Shorter will run the last few miles of the race along with George Hirsch, the NYRR s 75-year-old board chairman. (Boston Globe)
Hartford Marathon Sep 22, 2009
12:00 Noon Fun Run with Bill Rodgers Downtown Hartford. 12:30 pm Bill Rodgers - Meet at Expo XL Center. (FOX61, CT)
Morning Leadoff Aug 19, 2009
Business manager is Bill Rodgers and Cliff Nygard is a coach, while Sonny Nygard is the bat boy. TV today. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
UMass grad second in Falmouth’s women’s race Aug 10, 2009
The race s Big 3 - Olympic marathon champions Samuelson and Frank Shorter plus Bill Rodgers - all made it to the finish line yesterday in various degrees of distress. Samuelson, who won the race six times between 1976 and 1985, finished 18th in the women s race (41:27), behind son Anders (39:28) but ahead of husband Scott (49:48). (Boston Globe)
Showdownof N.J.squads Aug 8, 2009
"This is the only Montgomery team to make it this far," said coach Bill Rodgers. "This has been a great experience for the kids and their families.". (NJ.com -- Times)
Montgomery takes team approach to regional Aug 6, 2009
"We take the team-effort approach," says Montgomery manager Larry Schmieder, who is assisted by coach Bill Rodgers in guiding the 12-player Montgomery Cougars squad. To qualify for the state tournament, Montgomery won the New Jersey Cal Ripken District 1 title in Hamilton. (NJ.com -- Times)
Road races not feeling sting of economy Jul 7, 2009
American running legend Bill Rodgers, who will run the Bix 7 for the 30th straight time, has taken note of the trend. He said he ran in two fairly new races last winter - one in Florida, one in Mississippi -and both drew large fields despite the fact that they're not very established. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Marathon trials may need different approach Jun 2, 2009
You won't have to go the marathon distance to run with Bill Rodgers tomorrow evening. As part of the inaugural National Running Day, the four-time Boston champ will lead an all-comers warmup at MIT's outdoor track on Vassar Street, then pace a 6-minute mile as part of the mini-meet. (Boston Globe)
More A-Rod Fallout May 2, 2009
Bill Rodgers, the three-time New York City Marathon champion, now covers 26. 2 miles in a pedestrian three-and-a-half hours. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Bill Rodgers - still running after all these years Apr 28, 2009
People come to Boston just to shop in the Quincy Market running store, (The Bill Rodgers Running Center) that he and his brother Charlie operate ... The author of four books and numerous articles about running, racing and the lessons he has learned over the course of a lifetime in sports, Bill Rodgers celebrated life today doing what he did perhaps better than anyone else who ever lived. (Newington Town Crier, CT)
Lead group seems packed with talent Apr 20, 2009
"It would be pretty stunning," said Bill Rodgers, who along with Cheruiyot and Canada's Gerard Cote also won four times. "Even though he has won here and Chicago, I don't think Robert gets the respect that Martin Lel and Sammy Wanjiru do. I don't know why, but maybe he should.". (Boston Globe)
American marathoners cause a buzz in Boston Apr 20, 2009
BOSTON -- When Ryan Hall needs a little something to get him through the rigors of marathon training, he turns to YouTube for old clips of Bill Rodgers slogging through the streets to one of his four Boston victories ... "From the moment I can remember, I remember the Boston Marathon and the names that go with it like Bill Rodgers, Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar. It'd be a pretty special thing to have won, not only for myself but for the rest of the country to be excited about Boston... (Anchorage Daily News)
Sports news briefs: 4/19/09 Apr 19, 2009
When Ryan Hall needs something to get him through the rigors of marathon training, he turns to YouTube for old clips of Bill Rodgers slogging through the streets to one of his four Boston victories. "I've drawn a lot of inspiration from him," Hall said this week as he prepared for the 113th running of the Boston Marathon tomorrow. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Time after time Apr 19, 2009
They've answered the gun in Hopkinton with both the elder and younger Kelleys, with Bill Rodgers and Joan Benoit, with Robert Cheruiyot and Catherine Ndereba. They've finished behind Rosie Ruiz and wolfed down canned beef stew at the Pru. (Boston Globe)
Americans lining up for chance at Boston win Apr 19, 2009
BOSTON (AP) -- When Ryan Hall needs a little something to get him through the rigors of marathon training, he turns to YouTube for old clips of Bill Rodgers slogging through the streets to one of his four Boston victories ... "From the moment I can remember, I remember the Boston Marathon and the names that go with it like Bill Rodgers, Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar. It'd be a pretty special thing to have won, not only for myself but for the rest of the country to be excited about Boston... (Concord Monitor)
Memory of DNF lingers for legendary Rodgers Apr 18, 2009
BOSTON (AP) -Former Boston Marathon champion Bill Rodgers is heading back to the starting line on Monday for another go at the race he won four times. Rodgers hasn't run the race since 1999, when he went for the 50-and-over American record but dropped out at the top of Heartbreak Hill. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Distant memories Apr 17, 2009
"Kara has the eye of the tiger," says Bill Rodgers, the four-time men's champion here. "She's going for the win, and that's what it takes.". (Boston Globe)
First things first Apr 17, 2009
A course in running Boston An eager student of Boston Marathon history, Hall has e-mailed four-time champion Bill Rodgers for advice and viewed the "Duel in the Sun" between Dick Beardsley and Alberto Salazar on YouTube. Watching the famously close 1982 finish down Boylston Street, where Salazar finally gained several strides of separation for the win, Hall "just couldn't believe it." But more than the race thrilled the young marathoner. (Boston Globe)
Faces in the crowd Apr 17, 2009
"I grew up watching the Boston Marathon, watching Bill Rodgers," she said. "It's been a dream of mine.". (Boston Globe)
Four-time Boston champ Rodgers to run race again Apr 15, 2009
BOSTON (AP) -Four-time champion Bill Rodgers will run the Boston Marathon again this year. Rodgers was given a bib showing his last name and the official number of 79 to honor the 30th anniversary of his 1979 victory. (MSNBC -- Sports)
26 more miles for Boston Billy Apr 15, 2009
Boston Marathon legend Bill Rodgers returns to the event where his fame began - The Boston Globe ... Bill Rodgers, standing near his running store yesterday, will be back in the Boston Marathon for the first time in a decade ... Bill Rodgers is standing inside his Quincy Market running store, where the walls are covered with reminders of his glory days. (Boston Globe)
Many turns on the road to runaway popularity Apr 14, 2009
Yet the race retained its Everyman (and Everywoman) character, helped enormously by the emergence of Bill Rodgers, who was an unknown Boston College grad student when he set the American record in 1975. Rodgers, who won four times in six years, was the affable, approachable face of the sport. (Boston Globe)
Morning Tipoff Mar 22, 2009
Russ Anderson, Bismarck, is tournament manager, assisted by Bill Rodgers, District 3A commissioner, and Roland Haux, Bismarck City League president. Reynold Koleon, executive secretary of the state group, will represent the Association. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
In Marathon training, no snow holidays Mar 5, 2009
The secret to running in snow, confides Bill Rodgers, is Yaktrax, a rubber and steel coils device that attaches to shoe bottoms to provide extra traction. "They're like tiny snowshoes," said the four-time Boston Marathon champion, who did an 8-mile training jaunt in Boxborough Monday after the storm had dumped a foot of white stuff. (Boston Globe)
OLD FAITHFUL: Why aging superstars should keep playing Feb 14, 2009
Bill Rodgers may well be 61, but he doesn't hit 62 until December -- two months after the New York City Marathon. You can do it, Bill. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
